Nazareth's mayor said this afternoon he will look into allegations against the borough's police chief of racism, misconduct and wrongdoing.

During Monday's borough council meeting, Lehigh Valley Ramblings blogger Bernie O'Hare handed a document to council alleging a series of misconduct by Chief Thomas Trachta concerning racism and poor supervision of officers.

Trachta did not return a voicemail left this afternoon for comment.

O'Hare has asked council to investigate the claims. The blogger has since gathered 100 signatures in an online petition to get Trachta fired.

"I said, 'They need to get a hold of their police department,'" O'Hare, a borough resident, said during a break from the meeting. He called the racism allegations "disgusting."

"To hear this from other police officers is very disturbing and needs to be examined," O'Hare said.

Mayor Carl Strye Jr. said today he would look into the allegations -- but pick and choose which ones. He said the majority of claims, in his opinion, are one-sided and baseless.

"I heard everything that went on at council and I heard other stuff, too," Strye said. ""I would be very disappointed in an officer in this department feeding a citizen information of that nature and not coming to me about it. I have an open door policy and they know that. They shouldn't be afraid to tell me."

Also present at Monday's meeting was Trevor Gehret, one of three charged after allegedly smacking 250 stickers across the borough aimed at the police chief.

Gehret said he also asked council to investigate the police department.

Strye argued council has made strides to improve the police department. He said the chatter in recent weeks is the first he has heard of allegations against the chief.

"We have more personnel and shifts are being covered," he said. "And communication has been well."